1. Bell Work Discuss your interpretation of the Hamlet passage with your neighbor!

2. The Renaissance: 1500- 1670 ALyssa Miner & Rachel Ziemba

3. ❖ The Protestant Reformation ❖ Discovery of America ❖ Decline of the feudal system ❖ Invention & innovation Historical Parallels

4. Tenet 1 : Humanism ❖ Shift: Church centered ⇨ individualism ❖ People started thinking about their own interests vs. the church’s interests ❖ “This above all; to thine own self be true.” (Shakespeare)

5. Tenet 2: Rebirth ❖ Renaissance = rebirth in French ❖ New attitude, new opportunities, new ideas ❖ “We know what we are, but know not what we may be.” (Shakespeare)

6. Tenet 3: Respect for Ancient Literature/Art ❖ Shift: traditional styles ⇨ “recycled” and new ways of writing ❖ Re-introduced Roman/Greek styles of art and literature ❖ “Art is never finished, only abandoned.” (Da Vinci)

7. Tenet 4: Curiosity and Discovery ❖ Shift: not questioning things ⇨ to asking questions ❖ “The noblest pleasure is the joy of understanding.” (Da Vinci)

8. Tenet 5: Rational Thinking ❖ People began to think more logically ❖ “Common sense is that which judges the things given to it by other senses.” (Da Vinci)

9. Tenet 6: Art Appreciation ❖ The Elizabethan Era emphasized the importance of the arts to life Bacchus and Ariadne Titian. Bacchus and Ariadne. 1523. National Gallery, London. Web. 7 Nov. 2014. The Wedding at Cana Paolo Veronese. The Wedding at Cana. 162-1563. The Louvre, Paris. Web. 7 Nov. 2014. Front page of Shakespeare's plays. Digital image. Origins of Modernity. N.p., n.d. Web. 7 Nov. 2014.

10. Medieval VS. Renaissance Art ⇨ Leonardo Da Vinci Da Vinci, Leonardo. Mona Lisa. 1503. The Louvre, Florence, Italy. Louvre.fr. Web. 10 Nov. 2014. ⇦ Jean Courdichon The Virgin in Prayer ca. 1480 "Late Medieval Panel Paintings: Methods, Materials, Meanings" Richard L. Feigen & Co.